Subject: printing problem
From: Richard Goldberg (rickg@yorku.ca)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2001 - 13:55:27 EST
Hi all,
My papd.conf file is set up as follows:
Colour Test:\
:pr=test:\
:op=lp:\
:pd=/etc/atalk/ppd/lexmark_optrac710.ppd:
When I try to print someting, I get an error on the mac saying
"Document could not be printed on printer "Printername" because of a
PostScript error". In the log file on my atalkd server I get:
Jan 26 13:31:27 <server> papd[9128]: getppdent: line too long
Jan 26 13:31:27 <server> papd[9128]: lp_init: lock: No such file or directory
Jan 26 13:31:27 <server> papd[9128]: lp_open failed
I thought the "line too long "error was due to the lf/cr issue between mac
and unix but I ran tr "\015" "\012" < orig.ppd > temp.ppd and the
error still comes up.
I know I can fix the other error (lp_init/lp_open) by changing the conf
file to
:pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Ptest:\
are there any disadvantages to this?
Are there any other ways to fix this problem?
Why does this problem happen?
Thanks
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